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XVI Olympic Game, Melbourne 1956
Women, Field
High Jump
1
Mildred McDaniel
USA
1.76
WR
2
Maria Pisaryeva
URS
1.67
2
Thelma Hopkins
GBR
1.67
4
Gunhild Larking
SWE
1.67
5
Iolanda Balas
ROU
1.67
6
Michele Mason
AUS
1.67
7
Hermina Geyser
AUS
1.64
8
Jirina Voborilova
TCH
1.64
Long Jump
1
Elzbieta Krzesinska
POL
6.35
WR
2
Willye White
USA
6.09
3
Nadezhda Dvalishvili
URS
6.07
4
Erika Fisch
FRG
5.89
5
Marthe Lambert
FRA
5.88
6
Valentina Shaprunova
URS
5.85
7
Beverly Weigel
NZL
5.85
8
Nancy Borwick
AUS
5.82
Shot Put
1
Tamara Tishkevich
URS
16.59
OR
2
Galina Zybina
URS
16.53
3
Marianne Werner
FRG
15.61
4
Zinaida Doynikova
URS
15.54
5
Valerie Sloper-Young
NZL
15.34
6
Earlene Brown
USA
15.12
7
Regina Branner
AUT
14.60
8
Nadya Kotlusek
YUG
14.56
Discus Throw
1
Olga Fikotova
TCH
53.69
OR
2
Irina Beglyakova
URS
52.54
3
Nina Ponomaryova
URS
52.02
4
Earlene Brown
USA
51.35
5
Albina Yelkina
URS
48.20
6
Isabel Avellan de Neefe
ARG
46.73
7
Jirina Voborilova
TCH
45.84
8
Stepanka Mertova
TCH
45.78
Javelin Throw
1
Ineze Jaunzeme
URS
53.86
OR
2
Marlene Ahrens
CHI
50.38
3
Nadezhda Konyayeva
URS
50.28
4
Dana Zátopková
TCH
49.83
5
Ingrid Almqvist
SWE
49.74
6
Urszula Figwer
POL
48.16
7
Erzsebeth Vigh
HUN
48.07
8
Karen Anderson
USA
48.00